HeatTrak runners, throw rugs or doormats
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Mar 27, 2022. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Mar 27, 2022the latest report was made
- Mar 27, 2022the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- HeatTrak
- Maker
- Heat Trak LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Runners, throw rugs or doormatsCPSC’s product type: Runners, Throw Rugs or Doormats (code 612), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Flooring
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| March 2022 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Mar 27, 2022, sent to the company Mar 30, 2022, published by CPSC Apr 13, 2022
The product, in the report: https://heattrak.com/products/residential-heated-stair-mat
I had stacked three HeatTrak “Heated Snow Melting Stair Mats” (Residential Heated Stair Mat (10” x 30”)) on top of each other, on a PVC/wood deck. The mats had been turned off by triggering the vendor-provided GFCI. However, the GFCI apparently was an electronic switch; a neighborhood power outage caused the GFCI to reset, resulting the mats becoming energized.
They overheated, melting through and fusing together; they also damaged and melted the PVC coating on the decking. The pictures show the result (although the deck picture was taken after I had scrapped off the melted black mat material)
A combination of events combined to result in this failure. First, I made the erroneous assumption that I could turn the mats on and off by using the GFCI test button. That had always worked for me; I did not realize that if there was a power outage, it would be reset. Second, I’m sure the vendor did not expect people to stack the units on top of each other. However, I had no idea they would get so hot as to self-destruct. Third, these mats should simply not be used with PVC wood-core decking.
- Model
- HR10-30
- Bought from
- heattrak.com
- Bought
- Nov 27, 2019
- Where
- Corning, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 57, Unknown
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand HeatTrak, made or sold by Heat Trak LLC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.